As it is horrible to find a Judas among the apostles, so it is grand to discover an Obadiah among Ahab’s courtiers. “Account for it how you may, it is a singular circumstance that in the center of rebellion against God there was one whose devotion to God was intense and distinguished. One hundred prophets: “ Prophets: this name is not only given to such as are endowed with an extraordinary spirit of prophecy, but to such ministers as devoted themselves to the service of God in preaching, praying, praising God, and the like” (Poole). The Hebrew name Obadiah means “Worshipper of Yahweh” or “Servant of Yahweh.”Īn Obadiah was sent out by King Jehoshaphat of Judah to teach the law in the cities of Judah ( 2 Chronicles 17:7).Īn Obadiah was one of the overseers who helped repair the temple in the days of Josiah, King of Judah ( 2 Chronicles 34:12).Īn Obadiah was a priest in the days of Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 10:5). It is a little difficult to be certain, because there were 13 Obadiahs in the Old Testament. This may be the same Obadiah whose prophecy against Edom is recorded among the Minor Prophets. While Jezebel massacred the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water: This man Obadiah was a brave man who stood for God and His prophets in a difficult time. Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD’s prophets, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water? And now you say, ‘Go, tell your master, “Elijah is here.”’ He will kill me!”Ī. But I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth. And now you say, ‘Go, tell your master, “Elijah is here”’! And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know so when I go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. Go, tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’” So he said, “How have I sinned, that you are delivering your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me? As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to hunt for you and when they said, ‘ He is not here,’he took an oath from the kingdom or nation that they could not find you. Now as Obadiah was on his way, suddenly Elijah met him and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “ Is that you, my lord Elijah?” And he answered him, “ It is I. So they divided the land between them to explore it Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. For so it was, while Jezebel massacred the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.) And Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to all the springs of water and to all the brooks perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, so that we will not have to kill any livestock. ( 1 Kings 18:3-14) Elijah meets Obadiah.Īnd Ahab had called Obadiah, who was in charge of his house. The drought did not begin or end as a result of Elijah’s will, but at God’s will.Ģ. Though it happened through the prayers of Elijah, his prayers were sensitive to the leading of God. Some wish to always remain hidden when they should step up and present themselves. There is a time to hide and be alone with God, and there is also a time to present yourself to the world. Go, present yourself to Ahab: Earlier, God told Elijah to hide himself. In the third year: This remarkable drought lasted three-and-one-half years by the fervent prayer of Elijah.ī. ( 1 Kings 18:1-2) The end of the drought.Īnd it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.” So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab and there was a severe famine in Samaria.Ī.
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